Men to Mastery Podcast

Nick Hays, Harvard-educated Navy SEAL veteran, consultant, speaker, author, comedian, and rollerblade enthusiast joins the show to discuss his book Elite – High Performance Lessons and Habits from a Former Navy SEAL. This isn’t a war memoir or a book on “how to become a Navy SEAL.” It’s a very readable, relatable set of habits that are broadly applicable to life and life at a level of high performance.

5 Lessons Businesses Can Learn from a Team of Missionaries - Brent Kassing began volunteer work to contribute skills and disciplines from the corporate world to an international charity. However he’s come to realize much more in return personally and even professionally.

On this week's podcast, I'm honored to welcome veteran, entrepreneur, speaker, consultant, best-selling author, husband, and father of 3, Brent Gleeson. Brent, his wife and co-founder Nicole, and the rest of the Taking Point Leadership team specialize in bringing real-world success to help organizations build high-performance teams, design winning cultures, and lead organizational transformation.

Meredith Kirk opened up about the violent tragedy that befell her family at a young age and how that pain drove her to overachieve in school and career – at a price paid in health, solitude, and anger. In this second half of the story, we hear about the void left by her father, the moment when suppressed emotions finally crashed down, and how she’s turned the corner to now living a life of service, family, and community in a confluence of events that Meredith can explain only as Divine Intervention.

Meredith Kirk bravely shares the shocking tragedy that shattered her family and faith at a young age and drove her into a life of isolation and anger. This is also a story of incredible resilience, from feeling broken and helpless to finding empowerment, community, and literally family.

Kelly Roach – author, coach, speaker, and host of Unstoppable Success Radio – applies a Fortune 500 background to work with digital entrepreneurs in designing roles and organizations to hire, lead, and develop teams to drive profit and scale. In this quick-hitting episode, we talk about the importance of foundational strategy to support adaptable tactics and the mindset it takes to achieve lifestyle and financial freedom. Kelly also shares the story behind Give Her Courage, a movement inspiring confidence and courage in young women.

Debriefing a recent overnight, 12 hour event called SEALFit 20X, this week’s episode examines lessons and tools from hands-on training designed and run by some of the physically and mentally toughest men on the planet. We look at why it’s so important to undertake manufactured crucibles, where to find them, and “the process” of getting uncomfortable.

Andrew Henderson founded Nomad Capitalist to help people increase their personal freedom and to help them improve their financial situations and intelligently diversify their lives. His mission is to show you that geography is no longer a limiting factor.

Meraki is a Greek word that means the soul, creativity, love, and essence of yourself put into something like work. Josh Schneider shares his expertise in workplace employee motivation and engagement by connecting to passion and strengths. Josh’s latest book, 5 Days to Your Best Work Yet, lays out not only the benefits of personal and workplace performance but a simple, quick, and efficient set of steps to breakthroughs and to unleash potential.

Billionaires are normal people you just you and me, right? Not from the sounds of it! Our guest spent a long career behind the scenes in billionaire oil families and visits to share the good, bad, and ugly of it all.